"-- gonna lay out." We've cut to the Mayor's office, where he's explaining his plan to a group of henchvamps. He tells them that the "transformation" should begin right after he finishes his speech, and that people will try to run, so he'll need them in "flanking position." A vamp whines about the sun. I wish this were one of those situations where the lackey gets killed for daring to open his mouth, but sadly, it's not. The Mayor: "Not a problem." Cut back to the library, where Wesley reads a passage: "'Darkness will follow. The day becomes night.'" They realize that the ascension will include an eclipse, and Angel notes that that puts him back in the game. Buffy orders him to work with Xander. Angel looks like he'd rather chew on tinfoil. Xander: "I'm still key guy, right? Then Angel, in his non-key-guy capacity, can work with me." Angel: "What fun." Xander: "Hey, key guy still talkin'." Heh. Buffy tells them to cram it. Why didn't I think of that? Back to the Mayor's office, where he's showing the vamps, on a map, exactly where to emerge from the sewers. He says he needs them to contain the people, since he'll have to feed a lot in the first few minutes to sustain the change. He tells them to kill, but not feed. That'll happen. Back to the library. Buffy asks Willow and Oz how creating the "volcano" is going, and they say they can do it. Xander will get materials, and Giles says he'll stoke the "volcano," his so doing being "strangely fitting, in a grotesque fashion." Buffy tells them to start "reaching out." Somehow, I don't think she's referring to Hands Across America. She tells Giles that he's responsible for weapons, and that there's something she needs to get. Back at City Hall, the Mayor dismisses his henchvamps. "And boys? Let's watch the swearing." That was fucking funny.